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This Is What a Line 9 Blockade Looks Like Before It Gets Raided
We visited the protesters behind a six-day blockade of an Enbridge construction that ended with heavy machinery and six arrests.
These Protesters Walked 700 Kilometres Along Two Canadian Pipelines
We spoke with the anti-pipeline protesters whose massive undertaking—a 700 kilometre walk from just west of Montreal to a town on the Gulf of the St-Lawrence—is one of the boldest demonstrations against pipeline action Canada has seen yet.
Alberta’s Corporate Curriculum: Reading, Writing, and Bitumen
In Alberta's Ministry of Education's sweeping new rewrite of public school curriculum, the Ministry has included oil sands operators, tech giants, and textbook publishers among their key stakeholders, claiming their involvement will benefit children...
Did Enbridge Use Toxic Chemicals to Clean Up Their Oil Spill in Kalamazoo?
Three and a half years ago, an oil pipeline spilled 843,000 gallons of tar sands bitumen into the Kalamazoo River, the largest spill of its kind in American history. The clean-up effort has cost over a billion dollars, but is it doing more harm than...
Activists Shut Down a Line 9 Construction Site in Toronto
Tensions are running high around Enbridge's Line 9 reversal plan, and it appears as if they've started construction before government approval has been issued.
Which Parts of Toronto Are Being Put at Risk by Enbridge's Line 9?
While the National Energy Board has not issued its final decision about Enbridge's Line 9 Reversal Plan, the energy company seems to be acting like it's a done deal. So we had Michael Toledano bike along the Line 9 route to see exactly what could be...
Enbridge's Last Word on the Line 9 Reversal Is Totally Unsatisfactory
In late October, Enbridge delivered its final arguments for the irrefutably unsafe Line 9 pipeline reversal project.
How Activists Shut Down the Enbridge Line 9 Pipeline Hearings
After three days of uneventful bureaucratic protocol, the National Energy Board hearings for Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline reversals erupted into a noisy but non-violent demonstration.
Enbridge’s Line 9 Pipeline Could Be Catastrophic for Ontario and Quebec
This whole situation bears a disturbing resemblance to the monorail episode of The Simpsons.
Hanging Out with Anti-Enbridge Protesters in Hamilton
“There are direct environmental concerns, we know that Enbridge as a company averages one pipeline spill every five days, between 1999 and 2010 they themselves reported 804 spills. 90 percent of those spills occur around pump stations.”